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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-08
THE SWORD FISH.
An Official Account of How a Man
was Killed by One.
washington start

A bulletin Of the United States Fish Com.
mission just issued gives the following ac-
count, as described in letter TO Prof. Baird.
Of the killing Of man by a sword fish,
'The schooner Venus is a small vessel Of
about II tons, owned and commanded BY
Franklin ID. Langsford, of Lanesyille, Mass,
with crew Of three men. engaged in the
general fisheries off the coast Of Massaehu-
setts. On Monday morning. Ang. 9th, Capt.
LangsfOrd sailed from home in pursuit of
swordfiSh. About II a. M, when eight miles
northeast from Halibut Point, in Ipswich
Bay, fish was seen. The captain, with one
man, taking dory, gave chase, and soon
harpooned the FISH, throwing over buoy
with line attached to the harpoon. after
which the fish was left and they returned 10
the vessel for dinner About an hour later
the captain, with one man, again took his
dory and went out to secure the fsh. Pick
ing up the buoy, Capt. Langsford took hold
oil the line, pulling his boat toward the
badly wounded The line was taut as the
boat slowly neared the fish. which the
captain intended 30 lance and thus kill It.
When near the fish, but too far away 30
reach it with the lance, II quickly turned and
IuoucU db anu uuutE tue uudttstNIustlnL = lL1
sword up through the bottom Of the boat %
inches. As the fish turned and rushed to-
ward the boat the line was suddenly Stacked
causing the captain 10 fall over on his back .
and while he was In the act of rising the
sword came piercing through the boat and
into his body. At this time another sword
fish was in sight near by, and the captain,
excited and anxious to secure both, raised
himself up, not knowing that he was wound
ed. Seeing the sword, he seized il, exelaim-
ing, We've got him, anyway He lay In
the bottom OF the dOry, holding fast to the
sword until his vessel came alongside, while
the fish, being under the boat, could not be-
reached. Soon the captain said :. think 4
am hurt, and quite badly When the vessel
arrived he went on board took few steps,
and fell, never rising again. The boat and
fish were soon hoisted ON board, when the
sword was chopped OF TO free the boat, and
the fish was killed on the deck of the vessel.
The fish weighed 24J pounds after its head
and tail were cut of and the visccra rem0v-
ed; when alive it weighed something over
800 pounds. Capt. Langsford survived the
Injury about three days, dying on Thursday,
Aug. 18th Of peritonltis. The sword has
been deposited in the United States National
Museum"
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INTERESTING DISCLOSURES
In the Pacific Railroad investigation
at Leavenworth, Kansas.

LEAyENwoRTH, Kan, July 7-While tes-
tifying before the Pacific Railroad investi-
eating committee yesterday. Gen. j c. Stone
was shown copy of a memorandum that
was found among the papers of Gen. John
c. Fremont, when the General went into
bankruptcy. This document purported to
account for the disposition of millions worth
of stock of the Leavenworth Pawnee q
Western railroad stock, later the Kansas Pa
ciflc. by Gen. James C. Stone and Gen.
Thomas Ewing, to secure the passage of the
Pacific Railroad bill. 1t gives the names of
parties to whom stock is alleged to have
been issued, the original of the memoran-
dun containing running comments in the
handwriting of Gen. Stone on the several
items. When questioned, Gen. Stone testi-
fed that he wrote these comments as the ex-
preston, not of himself, but of Sam Hallet
and others, who were interested. In the
same memorandum, opposite item ''R. w.
MObratney, 1000 shares" was the remark.
Supposed to be for P0meroy." Pomeroy
was then Senator from Kansas. Opposite
the item, Henry Bennett, Elmira, N. Y,
1000 shares, one Million" was the remark,
supposed to be for H. Bennett, j. p Up
sher, Caleb Smith and r. Thompson and
the additional comment, "Upsher and Ben
nett right, let Smith and Thompson slide. !"
Opposite the item. ''E. w. Chase, Chaseville,
N. Y" was the comment, but little service,
mostly blackmail." Opposite the item. ~.
+. Cowan, 5000 shares, $195, 900, was written,
supposed to be for T. Stevens" with the
additional comment ''if any of this stock, or
land Or money promised this man is really
for Thaddens Stevens, that party ought to be
respected
Opposite the item "Mrs Wall is of the
New York Herald, 400 shares, $20000," was
the word fright Against the item.
dewey, New York, 500 shares, $4,000"
was the word "Blackmail." Opposite the
item, Wilson, New York Times, 200 shares,
$l0,000, was the word Right" Next to
the entry, ''B. +. Camp, New York, and
others, $4,000" was written, ''Cut Camp to
the Red, Supposed to be for Carlisle of Vir-
ginia.' Opposite the entry, "Jones, 100
shares, $50,000," was the comment, ''Sup-
posed to be for Forney's Friend" Against
the item, ROSS Fletcher, Holiday and
Simpson, Kansas, 2400 shares, $120,000,"
was written, Hold Over Them in Terror"
Gen. Stone disclaimed any personal knowl-
edge to what eventually became of this
stock. He did not know that any of it had
been used to corrupt legislation. The Mr.
Thompson mentioned was Richard Thomp-
son, according to the testimony of Gen.
Stone, who was afterward Secretary of the
Navy, under President Hayes, and Smith re-
1erred to, was at one time Secretary of the
Interior Service rendered by Upsher, had
been to explain to members of Congress.
Upsher was Western man of considerable
influence, and for that reason he was as
signed to that duty.
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BASE BALL.
New England League
LApIEs' DAY TODAY.

Today will be ladies' day at the Portland's
grounds, and the game will be with the Law
renees. On their last trip the Portlands
were defeated twice by this club and their
only weak spot, the pitchers box, has been
much strengthened since their last visit here.
The game win be called at 3 o'clock.
PoRTLANDs, IA; LYNNs, 9.
The Portlands defeated the Lynns yester-
day afternoon in game that was character
lied by heavy batting by both clubs. Cough
lin started in to pitch for the visitors, but re-
tired after four innings, ten hits with total
OF eighteen, and nine runs having been
made. Devlin was put into the box again
and was no more effective than the day pre-
yious, nine with total Of sixteen hits being
made in the remaining five innings. Quinn
occupied the box for Portland, and pitched
steady and even game, butwas batted freely.
Duffey caught him in fine shape The Port
lands excelled In fielding and played rather
a sharp game. Their base running was also
excellent. The visitors were little of in
these two points, being little slow in field
Ing the ball, and little too careful in run
ming bases.
The Portlands scored two runs in the first
on base on balls and two hits, one in the
second on two three baggers, three in the
third on two two baggers, a wild throw and
base on balls, and three in the fourth on
two singles and two doubles At this point
Devlin was put into the box, and although
he was more successful than Coughlin, he
could not stop them from getting runs, one
being added in the 5th on two hits and an
error, one in the 9th ON home run by Hat
held,two in the Sth on missed fourth strike
q three bagger and passed ball, and one In
the 9Th on single, double and an error
The Lynns made their first runs in the sec
ond, three being earned on two singles and
two doubles. They were blanked In the 3rd
and added two in the 4th on q single and a
home run by Coughlin. A base on balls.
single and three bagger gave them two
more in the 5th, and a wild throw and two
hits, gave one in the 9Th. The last run was
hits.
Dayin's catch in the Sth of Houck hit was
one OF the features Of the game, and Hat
neld and Lufbery made some fine stops Of
hard hit balls. Quinn led the batting, get
ting two singles, a two baggersand triple in
five times at the bat. Spill led the batting for
the Lynns, and his three bagger was one Of
the longest hits ever made on the grounds
Andrus would made it home run. Follow
ing Is the score:
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YACHT RACE.
Remarkable Circumstance Connect
ed with the Matched Contest,

New YORK, Jnly THE match race be-
tween the yachts Shamrock and 1itania to-
day was a remarkable affair. The Sham
rock topmast was carried away and main
mast sprung when no wind was blowing. 1t
is more remarkable because the boats up
per stick was new, having been placed in
position only yesterday. Some think the
spar had been tampered with. The yachts
were towed by tug Luckenbach from their
anchorage at Bay Ridge down to the point
of start, Scotland Light Ship. The racers
got over the line, Titania II hours, 5 minutes
and 30 seconds; Shamrock ii hours. 16min-
utes and II seconds. They stood in down
New Jersey coast. The Shamrock crawled
up to and passed her antagonist without
trouble and within 20 minutes was well
ahead. OFF Long Branch her topmaSt went,
but 1t did not seem to hinder her progress
for sometime. At noon she went about for
the first time and soon it was seen from the
press boat that she was taking in double
reef and squaring away for home. The
press boat went over to her and was told
that the main mast was sprung a line was
offered and accepted, and the Shamrock was
towed to anchorage. The Titania made the
course alone Notwithstanding the Sham
rocks bad start she was full half a mile
ahead OF the Titania when she quit.
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THE AMERICAN PARTY.
Platform of the New Organization in
California.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-Among the dec
larations in the platform of the American
Party is the following: "The American par
ty is in favor of so amending the laws of
Immigration as to prevent the coming to our
shores of all aliens who are not of moral
character, intellectual capacity and physical
health, to give assurance of their value as
citizens, and in favor of restricting the i'm
portation of all laborers under contract of
hire In any industrial or mechanical pursuits
The American party is in favor of immediate
and unconditional repeal of all naturaliza-
tion laws. reserving the rights of all who
have In good faith declared their intentions
of becoming American citizens. Political
controversies of whatever character existing
in other countries shall not become subject
OF agitation or consideration in the United
States of America. Nonresident aliens
shall not be permitted to own lands in the
United States nor permitted to receive the
same by inheritance. The boycott is an
alien and cowardly device, the growth and
transplant of foreign soil, and shall find no
favor or indulgence in the American party -
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WORK OF LIGHTNING.
Queer Freaks of the Electric Fluid at
Farmington-Severe Storm at King
field.


PENNINGTON, July IA very heavy thun-
der shower passed over Pennington, shortly
before sunset Wednesday evening. Light
ming struck the handsome residence of Capt.
Ernest Warwick, situated about one mile
from the village on the road to Pennington
Falls. The bolt crashed into the stable from
the eupola above. tearing away a large hole
in the roof and setting fire to the hay and
straw below.
From the stable the bolt glanced along a
beam completely splitting it in its course.
Here it encountered the water pipes and
bringing down great piece of plastering, it
descended to the ground floor and from
thence to the ground by the pipes 1t sue
ceeded in Immediately and effectually cut
ting off the water supply John Kearn of
Switzerland, mate of the Rose Inness, of
which Mr.. Warwick has been captain so
long. was visiting his old captain, and with
sailor-iike rapidity he and Captain Warwick
were on the hay-how with water, almost be-
fore the peal of thunder was ended, and
with the aid of neighbors who rushed to
their assistance, the fire was soon under con-
troll. The Captain estimates his loss at about
500.
In another part of the town lightning
struck clump of about fifty trees, leveling
them to the ground. 1t also struck the old
elm in front of the Elm House at West Farm
ington. In still another section of the town
1t struck another tree in front of a residence.
An elderly gentleman sat in a chair at the
door of the house. The chair and its occu-
pant described almost complete summer
sault, but the man was uninjured. In sec
tions the shower was accompanied by hea-
Wy fall of hail, stripping down foliage and
vegetation.
KINGFELD, July There was severe
thunder storm at Kingield, Wednesday. Mr..
John Winters stable was struck by light
ming, the roof and both gables being badly
shattered. There were Severai tons of hay
in the stable, which took FIRE, but the flames
were promptly extinguished.
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American institute OF Hom@opatny

The American Institute of Homeopathy
convened in its fortieth annual session al
Saratoga, N. ~, Monday evening" June
9th, and continued until the following Fri
day afternoon.
There was large attendance, probably
about 400 physicians The bureau Of organ
lzation, registration and statistics reported
Ia homeopathic medical colleges. Upwards
OF 1900 students are in attendance at these
schools and AGO are graduated annually.
There are IS hospitals, three insane asy
luns and 46 dispensaries that treat patients
homeopathically. Twenty-eight medical
journals Of this school are published i'm the
United States. There were 2S State and 1903
local societies, and 80 medical clubs repre-
sented at the Institute. There are about
1900 practitioners of this school in the
United States. and the number Is rapidly
increasing The sum Of S250,Cs0 has been
contributed by two gentlemen in Detroit to
establish homeopathic hospital in that
city. The State of PENNSYLVANIA has given
$4,000 to the Pittsburg Homeopathic Hos
pital Massachusetts $4,000 TO WestbOro
Insane Hospital; citizens of Philadelphia
have contributed S100,C30 for the hOmeo-
pathic college in that city; and the same
amount has been contributed for the New
York Homeopathic Medical College. All
over the country increased interest is felt In
the homeopathic Institutions, and greater
support Is gived to them than ever before.
Homeopathy was introduced in America by
DIR. Gram in 1925 In 62 years it has grown
as above. There are now about 125 hommO-
pathic physicians in the State OF Maine.
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sALEMs, 0; LAwRENcEs, L.


LOWHI.I1s, 10, HAVEKIIILIsS, D.
AT Lowell yesterday afternoon, the Low.
ellis played perfect game and batted Lally
all over the lot in the seventh inning. Burns
pitched great game, striking out II men.
The feature was brilliant running catch Of
q long fly BY Kennedy The scnre.
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AT REST.
Funeral Services of the cate Anson
p. Morrill,.


p. Morrill,.
AUGUSTA, July THE obsequies OF the
late ex-Gov. Anson P. Morrill, occurred at
11.30 a. m. today at his late residence on
Western Avenue. The attendance was
large. Among other prominent gentlemen
present were Gov. Bodwell, Hallowell Hon.
]. Manchester Haynes, Col. Henry Lom-
bard, Col. Darius Alden, Augusta; Dr. II.
Torsey and Mrs. Torsey, Kents Hill; d. A.
Bowen, Verrill, a trustee of the Insane Hos
pitar The ends Of the casket were rounded
and it was covered with black broadclotn
and the mountings in plain silver The
tribute OF flowers was quite extensive. One
OF the most striking designs was wreath of
purple cematis, which elcrcled the casket
and plate, on which was engraved the fol-
lowing words:
ANsON p. MORRILL,;
June 10, 1903; July 4, 1887.
A very beautiful floral piece was an anchor
of roses and heliotrope at the right of the
entrance TO the parlor, the room in which
the body lay. Two little sheaves of wheat
tied with satin ribbon lay upon the easket.
The services were conducted by Rev. III. S,
Whitman, pastor of the Winthrop street
church, Of which the deceased was a men,
ber,s and the choir belonged to the same
church. Il would not live Away" which
was Mr. Morrill's favorite hymh. was rem
dered by the choir with much effect. The
speaker took FOR his text, III Samuel, 81 :3S
"Know ye that there is prince and great
man fallen this day in Israeli" 1t was eu-
logy of remarkable power and eloquence.
He reviewed the life of the man. and noticed
his chief traits of character,a and especially his
rare natural capacity, his executive force, his
superior judgment and aggressive boldness.
The speaker DIV cit at length upon the de-
cided religious convictions of the deceased,
and his tenderness and undying friendship.
The bearers were Hon. j. w. Bradbury,
Hon. John S. Stevens. Hon. Joseph Harmon
and Judge Samuel Whitcomb.
There were fourteen carriages in the cor
tege, and the remains were inferred in For
est Grove Cemetery, adjacent to his wifes
grave, A handsome granite monument
erected several years ago stands on the lot
which Is surrounded by eurbing and one
of tile most favorably located in the Gene
terry
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Notes.

Manager Spence has had some good offers
from the National League clubs for several
OF the f0rtlands. He does not think his
team 100 strong, however, TO compete sue
cessI9lly with the Manehesters, L0wells
and Boston Blues
=, Games today-Lawrence at Portland
Salem at Lowell
The Lowell Times says: at has leaked
@ ont IN other cities Of the league that some
thlng was done Tuesday night at the New
England league meeting more than was made
pubic. lt is rumOred that the league Is tO
De reduced to six clubs. Salem, Hayerhill and
Lawrence being consolidated and the best
players to constitute a nine TO play In Hay-
erhill under Manager Burnham. The change
VIII be materialized,i it Is said, very soon It il
possible that this scheme may be knocked In
the head by Salem remaining In the league
as the Salem horse railroad company talk OF
Duying the club franchise"
Last nights Salems News says that il Il
now settled that the Salem base ball club
franchise will remain in that city. Two Pea
body men are understood TO be the purchas-
ers. and the price paid Is somewhere about
S4Oc. The players In the local club will re-
ceiYe every cent Of their salary today. The
same men will be retained, only new pitch
ers and catchers will be secured
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The National League.

me national League.
The following games were played in the
National League yesterday;
AT BOSTON.
lnnings..........1 2 3 o 6 z 50
Bostons. ............4 0 2 OF
Pittsburgs. o L O. g
Base hits-Bostons, "a; Pittsburgs,13. Errors
Bostons; o; Pittsburgs, 0. Earned runs-Bos-
TONS II; pittsbures, .. Batteries RadbOurn
AT PHILADELPHIA
Innings~.......1 "a 567 SO
ChicagOs. ...........O Of2 o o. 8
Philadelphias. ......O 1 o o o o o. 3
Base hits-Chicagos, IL; IPhiladephias. 8.
Errors-Chicag0s, 8; Philadelphias, 3 Earned
runs-Chieagos, o: Phiadelphias o. Batteries
Clarkson and Flint; Casey and Mcclure.
AT NEW YORK.
Innings. "a 7 g
New NOrkS. D l o 2-1O
Detroits ....... ....3 o o o o 3 o l. s
Base hits-Detrots, 1 1 ;lNew Y0rks, 13. Errors
-DetroitS, z; New YOrks o. Earned runs-De-
trOits, A; New YOrks, /. Batteries-Getzeln, and
Briody; kerfe and Brown.
AT WASHINGTON.
Innings. ........1 4 8 o
indianapolis. 1 y 3
westinghouse o o o o O. 2
Base hits-Indianapolis. 10; swashinetons. r.
Errors-I Indianapolis, 2; Washingtons q Earned
runs-indianapolis, 8; WashingtOns, 2 Fat
teries-Boyle and Myers; Gilmore aud Mack.
STANDING OF THE y NArtoN Al t,,,,,.,
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THE MoRMoN's FOURTH.
The Grand Army People Refuse to
Join with the Saints In its celebra-
fi0n

CHICAGO, July IA despatch from Salt
Lake City says in regard to the Fourth Of
July celebration that the Grand Army of the
Republlc there refused to join with the Nor
mons IN celebrating the day and adopted the
following resolutions: I'VE, as old soldiers,
believe that the first duty of every loyal cit
lzen, and more especially of every member
OF our order. is allegiance to his country
and his flag, and that furthermore in all
questions Of loyalty and patriotism no per-
son on whom the stain of treason rests can
be recognized by our order, and as all Nor
mons are clearly within this rule and have
demonstrated their disposition within the
last two years by lowering the American flag
to half-mast on the anniversary of our ma
tional independence, and have as yet shown
no repentance for their disloyal and das-
tardly act;
:, Resolved. That James B. Mexican Post,
NO. l, Department of Utah, G. A. r., refuse
to accept the invitation to join in the forth
coming Mormon and Gentle conglomerate
celebration of July 4, 1887, at Salt Lake
city, because in so doing we would be COM
PEELED to join in exercises to celebrate that
great national holiday with people whom we
their flag
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Base hlts-BOstOns, "a; Pittsburgs,13 Errors
Bostons, o; Pittshurgs, o. Earned runs-l}os-
tons, IL; Plttsburgs, 3. Batteries RadbOurn
and Daily; Mccormick and Miller
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AccioEHrTosrEAmE LEWISTON
In Collision With a Schooner Off
Monhegan.

Boston, July THE steamer Lewiston,
Of the Boston and Bangor line, which arriv-
ed this afternoon, reports to have been in
collision early this morning. off Monhegar,
with an unknown schooner The steamer S
stern was greatly damaged. There was great
excitement among the passengers. The
steamer laid to for about en- hour, during
which time her injured stern was covered
with canvas. She proceeded to Boston. The
schoonel's captain stated that his vessel was
all right, and offered to stay by and assist
the Lew Niston, but it was not necessary. AT
ter discharging her cargo the steamer went
to Mckay's dock at East Boston for repairs.
She viii resume her trips Monday
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SINGING MS DEATH SONG.
Strange Scenes at the Trial Of an In
dian Who Had Murdered His Sweet

LITTLE Rock, Ark, July THE trial of
Della Heinby, son of old Sarsa Chu Fuer,
head chief Of the Cherokee nation, for the
murder Of his sweetheart, girl Of the Choc-
taw tribe, in September last was begun in
tribes have had many fights on account of
this murder, and it is estimated that at least
100 warriors have been slain. All the lead
ing braves and chiefs of both tribes are in
attendance. The prisoner seems to be peni-
tent, and when arraigned he filed q plea of
not guilty, but at once broke out into loud
lamentations and began singing his death
song, which he kept up until he was removed
from court He viii probably be hanged.
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sAFFLEo TRAIN ROBBERS.
Armed Men Attempt to Board a
Train in Texas, but Are Put
to Flight.

PENDLEToN, Tex, July IAN attempt
was made yesterday to rob the through Tex
as express on the Santa Fe railroad, between
this place and Temple. The telegraph oper-
ator suspected that something was wrong
from the strange actions of eight men around
the depot. He wired the train dispatcher at
Temple just in time to stop the express
train. An armed posse was speedily raised,
and the train proceeded northward. Half
train was tagged and an obstruction was NO
ticed on the track. No sooner had the train
stopped than six men attempted to board the
engine and cars. The posse opened fire on
them, and one of the robbers fell, and the
others fled. The wounded man was carried
hunting for the would-be robbers.